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A Sociohistory of Cerebrovascular Disease and the Development of Modern Stroke Medicine : A Foucauldian Analysis
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Daneski, Katharine, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cerebrovascular disease--Chemotherapy--History.
- Cerebrovascular disease--History.
- Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
- Social medicine.
- Cerebrovascular disease.
- Humanities.
- Cerebrovascular Disorders.
- Sociology.
- Health Occupations.
- Brain Diseases.
- Social Sciences.
- Occupations.
- Vascular Diseases.
- Central Nervous System Diseases.
- Cardiovascular Diseases.
- Behavioral Sciences.
- Nervous System Diseases.
- Behavioral Disciplines and Activities.
- Disease.
- Psychology.
- Stroke.
- Sociology, Medical.
- History, Modern 1601-.
- History.
- Foucault, Michel.
- Medical Subjects:
- Humanities.
- Cerebrovascular Disorders.
- Sociology.
- Health Occupations.
- Brain Diseases.
- Social Sciences.
- Occupations.
- Vascular Diseases.
- Central Nervous System Diseases.
- Cardiovascular Diseases.
- Behavioral Sciences.
- Nervous System Diseases.
- Behavioral Disciplines and Activities.
- Disease.
- Psychology.
- Stroke.
- Sociology, Medical.
- History, Modern 1601-.
- History.
- Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
- Local Subjects:
- Cerebrovascular disease--Chemotherapy--History.
- Cerebrovascular disease--History.
- Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
- Social medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Sociohistory of Cerebrovascular Disease and the Development of Modern Stroke Medicine
- A Sociohistory of Cerebrovascular Disease and the Development of Modern Stroke Medicine
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book examines historiographical accounts of the cerebrovascular condition using a socio-historical approach influenced by the writings of Michel Foucault in an attempt to understand how stroke medicine has emerged in its current form.
- Contents:
- A SOCIOHISTORY OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN STROKE MEDICINE: A Foucauldian Analysis; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Stroke and Apoplexy: Explorations of the History of Medicine; Chapter Three: Socio-historical Approaches to the Study of Health and Illness; Chapter Four: Methodology: Interpreting and Applying Foucault's Methods; Chapter Five: Epidemics and Nosologies; Chapter Six: Apoplexy and Official Statistics: The Rise of Regulation
- Chapter Seven: New Medical Technologies: Regulation and the Emergence of 'Stroke Medicine'Chapter Eight: Technologies of the Self in Apoplexy and Stroke: Risk and Consequence?; Chapter Nine: 'The Mysterious Apoplexies and Strokes': Challenges and Contradictions in Stroke Medicine; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780773429482
- 0773429484
- OCLC:
- 818117078
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